NAM.1992-11-111-1

Barrel sash, 1810 (c) Crimson silk cord 2 inches in length over which gold and crimson bullions 2.5 inches in length. This sash is of the pattern worn by rifle regiments. Noted on an attached piece of card was the following in manuscript “THE SASH OF THE PRINCE OF ORANGE, WITH WHICH HE BOUND UP THE ARM OF GEORGE NAPIER” This sash is said to have belonged to William, Prince of Orange, who joined Wellington as one of his aides-de-camp in the Peninsula in 1811. It is also said to have been used to bind George Thomas Napier’s wounded right arm prior to its amputation. Napier received the wound leading the Light Division’s storming party at Ciudad Rodrigo in 1812, as a major in the 52nd (or the Oxfordshire) Regiment of Foot.

Ciudad Rodrigo, Siege of, 1812 (Peninsular War 1808-1814)